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Needlework Purse

1914

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Needlework Purse

1914

Physical Qualities Cotton, mercerized cotton embroidery thread, silver-colored metal, bright blue colored stone or glass, silk lining, 6 x 6 3/8 x 7/8 in. (15.2 x 16.2 x 2.2 cm.)
Credit Line Dorothy McIlvain Scott Collection
Object Number 2012.458
Pear-shaped purse on frame and chain strap in needlework of landscape.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2012; Dorothy McIlvain Scott, Baltimore

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TEXTILES
Seymour Joseph Guy and Cassell and Company
The First Needlework
1883